Managing Coasts In A Holistic Way

Question 1

What is an integrated costal zone management?

Answer 1

ICZM - the complete sections of coast are now being managed as a whole - rather than by individual towns/villages

Question 2

Why are ICZM’s used?

Answer 2

Human actions in one place will affect other places further along the coast - sediment moves in sediment cells

Question 3

What are the aims of ICZM’s?

Answer 3

Establish sustainable levels of economic and social activity

Resolve environmental, social and economic challenges and conflicts

Protect the coastal environment

Question 4

What are options for coastal management?

Answer 4

Hold the line
Advance the line
Managed retreat
Do nothing

Question 5

What is holding the line?

Answer 5

Maintaining the current position of the coastline

Often using hard engineering

Question 6

What is advancing the line?

Answer 6

Involves extending the coastline out to sea

By encouraging the build-up of a wider beach - using beach nourishment methods and groyne construction.

Question 7

What is managed retreat?

Answer 7

Involves allowing the coastline to retreat, but in a managed way

Question 8

What is do nothing?

Answer 8

Letting nature take its course and allowing the sea to erode cliffs and flooding low-lying land

Question 9

What is an SMP?

Answer 9

Shoreline management plan

Sets out the policy for managing coastline and responding to coastal erosion.

Question 10

What are CBA’s?

Answer 10

Cost benefit analysis - the cost of the defences and the benefit this would bring to the economy